# @childrensphila on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXw9yLxDZbD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65096176-childrensphila-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b920dfd12e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-30T18:00:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Children's Hospital (@ChildrensPhila) — https://gondola.cc/ChildrensPhila

## Caption

As #DonateLifeMonth comes to close, we're excited to share Luca’s story and the powerful impact of organ donation. Luca was born with Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia – a rare and usually fatal lung disorder – and received a life-saving lung transplant at 4.5 months old. 

Now, Luca is almost 10 and loves basketball, playing the drums, and hanging with his siblings and dogs!
 
Luca’s mom says: “For such a hard time and hard diagnosis, the CHOP team was phenomenal. I always say how lucky we are that we live close to CHOP. They are the reason Luca is still with us, and we are so incredibly grateful.”

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